Horseshoe-pad.



No. 892,699. I PATENTBD JULY 7, 1908. J. B. WHITE.

HORSESHOE PAD.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 10, 1901. RENEWED nowmo, 1907.

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No. 892,699. PATENTED JULY 7, 1908. J. B. WHITE.

HORSESHOE PAD.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 10, 1907. RENEWED NOV.29, 1907.

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JOHN B. WHITE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HOR SE SHOE-PAD Application filed January 10, 1907, Serial No. 351,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN B. l/VHITE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Buffalo, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoe-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to soft-tread heel pads for use in connection with the abbreviated horseshoes known as tips; and it consists in a novel stiffening device or reinforce, and in a horseshoe pad embodying the same, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The leading objects of the invention are to overcome or prevent what is termed hinging at the heels of the tip, and to anchor a metallic reinforce within a canvas-topped pad in the most effective manner.

Other objects will be set forth in the general description, which follows.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a face view and an edge view of an improved pad in juxtaposition to a specific tip; Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a face view and a central longitudinal section of the reinforce and canvas back of the improved pad in juxtaposition to the same tip, with the rubber omitted in Fig. 3 and in dotted outline in Fig. 4; Fig. 5 is an edge view of the reinforce looking toeward; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the flat blank from which the reinforce represented in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 is bent up; and Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are like Views of the blanks of modified reinforces; the bends being shown in each case by dotted lines.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

The tip, represented at A in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, may for the purposes of the present invention be of any known or improved construction, except as hereinafter specifically mentioned.

In producing the improved pad, B, a canvas top piece, a, and a reinforce, b or b or b or b, of sheet steel, are placed within a suitable mold, and a suitably shaped elastic body, 0, of rubber or its equivalent, is molded in contact with the canvas around the reinforce, so as to permanently unite the canvas and reinforce, and to inclose the latter excepting portions, 1 and 2, indicated by shading in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive, to be overlapped Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7', 1908.

Renewed November 29, 1907. Serial No. 404,379.

by the heel ends of the tip, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive. The reinforce in either of its forms may be provided at these points (1 and 2) with upwardly projecting ragged eyelets or equivalent projections, 3 and 4, Figs. 1., 3 and 5, to interlock with notches, 3 and 1, Figs. 1 and 3, in the heel ends of the tip, to resist the spreading strain at the heel; or such projections may be omitted as may be pre ferred. Otherwise the reinforce, b or Z) or I) or I), in all its forms, includes horizontal front and rear portions, 5 and 6, located respectively at the top of the pad, immediately beneath the canvas a, and subj acently within the heel of the pad; the former preferably provided with holes, 7, to lighten it, and. to form additional attaching points where the rubber contacts with the canvas. Each front portion 5 is connected in all the forms by an offset, 8, preferably at right-angles with the heel portion 6, which in the finished reinforce is provided in addition to lightening and anchoring holes, 9, with additional means for anchoring the reinforce within the elastic body 0, as hereinafter described with reference to the several species.

In the species represented by Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, a single front portion, 5, extends transversely across from side to side of the pad, and is further provided in front with a central toeward extension, 10, to extend the support of the reinforce b toeward as far as may be practicable, and with a pair of braces, 11 and 12, which project forwardly from the offset Portion 8, which connects said "front and rear portions 5 and 6, and contact with the underside of said front portion 5. They also assist in anchoring the reinforce within the elastic body 0, especially with reference toresistance to lateral strain. The anchoring devices carried by the rear portion 6 include a pair of downwardly and inwardly bent anchors 13 and 14 atitslateral edges, extended rearwardly so as to contact with the rear wall of the pad-mold as supports for the reinforce within the mold; also a downwardly and forwardly projecting anchor, 15, at the rear edge of said rear portion 6, and a downwardly and rearwardly projecting anchor, 16, cut from the center of said rear portion. A highly effective dovetail connection between the reinforce b and the rubber of the elastic body c is thus formed by simple bends in the plate-steel of which the reinforce is formed.

In the species represented by Fig. 7, there are two front portions 5, the general shape of the reinforce 6 being semi-annular, and there are correspondingly two offset portions 8 and a segmental rear portion 6; and the anchoring devices with which the latter is provided are a downwardly and rearwardly bent front anchor, 17 and two pairs of anchors, 18 and 19, at the convex rear edge, which project radially inward and downward after they are bent.

In the third species, Fig. 8, the reinforce, 12 may be said to be simplified to the utmost, the rear portion, 6, having simply a pair of downwardly and inwardly bent anchors, 20 and 21, at its lateral extremities.

In the fourth species, Fig. 9, the reinforce, 6 is of the construction represented by Fig. 8 with the addition of a central toeward projection, 10, as in the first species.

The shapes and proportions of the several portions of the respective reinforces and the number and location of the anchors, except as specifically mentioned in the claims hereto appended, are obviously immaterial; and other like modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

It will be understood that the terms vertica and horizontal are used in a relative sense, with reference to defining approximately and substantially the positions of the respective ortions when the pad is in contact with t e ground.

Having thus described said improvement,

I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this specification 1. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce,

for a horseshoe pad, having horizontal front and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an ofiset, the front portion being adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of the pad and to stiffen the same.

2. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce, for a horseshoe pad, having horizontal front and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an offset, the front portion being adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends ofv a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of the pad, to stiffen the same, and provided with downwardly and inwardly bent anchoring portions by which to fasten the reinforce within the pad.

3. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce, for a horseshoe pad, having horizontal front and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an offset, the front portion being adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of the pad, to stiffen the same, and provided with anchoring portions which project downwardly and toward each other.

4. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce, fora horseshoe pad, having horizontal front and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an offset, the front portion being adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of the pad, to stiffen the same, the lateral extremities of said rear portion being provided with downwardly and inwardly bent anchors.

5. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce, for a horseshoepad, having horizontalfront and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an offset, the front portion being adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear 'portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of a pad and to stifien the same, the lateral extremities of said rear portion being provided with downwardly and inwardly bent anchors which project rearwardly to form mold contacts.

6. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce, for a horseshoe pad, having horizontal'front and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an offset, the front portion being adapted-to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of the pad, to' stiffen the same, and provided with a downwardly and forwardly projecting anchor and with a downwardly and rearwardly projecting anchor opposed to the same.

7. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce,- for a horseshoe pad, having horizontal front and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an offset, the front portion being adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of the pad, to stiffen the same, the lateral extremities of the offset being provided with forwardly bent braces which contact with the underside of said front portion.

8. A substantially rigid metallic reinforce, for a horseshoe pad, having horizontal front and rear portions in different horizontal planes connected by an offset, the front portion being adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and the rear portion adapted to be inclosed subjacently behind said front portion within the heel of the pad, to stiffen the same, said front portion being provided with a central toeward extension to stiffen the toe end of the pad.

9. A horseshoe pad composed of a canvas top piece, an elastic body of rubber or the like, with a substantially rigid metallic reinforce, the latter comprising front and rear horizontal portions, connected With each other by an offset, said front portion being located immediately beneath said top piece, adapted to be overlapped by the heel ends of a tip horseshoe and to prevent hinging, and said rear portion serving to stiffen the heel of the pad and provided With anchoring devices inclosed Within the pad.

10. In combination With a tip horseshoe having the extremities of its heel ends notched, a horseshoe pad including a substantially rigid metallic reinforce having a front portion at the top of the pad adapted to be overlapped by said heel ends and to prevent hinging, and provided with upwardly projecting ragged eyelets or the like to interlock With the notches in said heel ends, and a stiffening portion located subjacently behind said front portion Within the heel of the pad, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

JOHN B. WHITE.

Witnesses:

LULA W. WHITE, MAooNDA M. FrLLMoRE. 

